Infineon WLS sold: iPhone's 3G baseband now Intel inside

Intel has announced that they've bought Infineon's wireless solutions business (WLS) for 1.4 billion dollars, which includes the Infineon 3G radio baseband used in iPhone. Here're the PR bullets:

WLS sale enables Infineon to expand leading position in markets for automotive, industry and security technologies.

WLS will operate as a standalone business. Intel is committed to serving WLS' existing customers, including support for ARM-based platforms.

The acquisition expands Intel's current Wi-Fi and 4G WiMAX offerings to include Infineon's 3G capabilities and supports Intel's plans to accelerate LTE. The acquired technology will be used in Intel® Core processor-based laptops, and myriad of Intel® Atom™ processor-based devices, including smartphones, netbooks, tablets and embedded computers.

Small companies like WLS are creative and can move much faster than the likes of Intel or AMD. They also cater to mire specialized types of chips where Intel would like to get their claws into but don't have the time to start from scratch. WLS may operate separately for now but it remains to be seen whether or not it will stay that way.

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